Sure enough, KK’s Priest reduced our century-old Paramount Theatre to kindling last month, the blond bomber laying into 1977’s Sin After Sin like a metal time machine. The band K.K. Downing co-founded with high school mate – and now sole original member – Ian Hill will find themselves busy wielding their 19th and latest iteration of British steel, Invincible Shield. Bell-ringers “Panic Attack,” “As God Is My Witness,” and “Trial by Fire” match up the March payload with its peak catalog predecessor Firepower from 2018. The Birmingham sentinels collude with Swedish power metal juggernaut Sabaton, who open celebrating a silver jubilee. – Raoul Hernandez
